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Other movies the Library of Congress has chosen to preserve include "Born Yesterday," "Dirty Harry," "A League of Their Own," "A Christmas Story" and "Slacker," citing them as "works of enduring importance to American culture."

December 13, 2012, Thursday

The roster of 25 films chosen for preservation by the Library of Congress also includes Billy Wilder's "Lost Weekend," John Cassavetes's "Faces" and John Ford's "The Iron Horse," as well as George Pal's 1953 adaptation of "War of the Worlds" and...

David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group, the private equity firm, announced a $5 million pledge to the Library of Congress to ensure that the National Book Festival continues on the National Mall for years to come.

''Back to the Future,'' ''Bullitt,'' ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind,'' ''Dances With Wolves,'' ''Now, Voyager'' and the 1933 Disney cartoon ''Three Little Pigs'' were among the 25 motion pictures chosen by James H. Billington, the librarian of...